Packing-case.



A. T. KRUSE.

` f PACKING CASE.

r mPLLcuIoN FILED AUG. 1, 1908.

Patented July 3T', -1909.

UTED i STATES PATNT OFFQE.

ALFRED T. KRUSE, OF DEFIANUE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 'lO THE AMERICAN STEELPACKAGE COMPANY, OF DEFIANUE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PACKING-CASE;

Original application filed May 27, 1907, Serial No. 375,777.

Patented J'uly 27, 1909.

Serial No. 446,379.

To all whom t Irriafy concern.' l

Be it known that i, Amann) l'. liiiisii, a citizen ot' the UnitedStates, residing,` at Deiizince, in the county ot Defiance and State oiOhio, have invented certain new and usc- 'ful improvements in 'iaclting-Gases, ot which the 'followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvcineiits in paekingcases designed,primarily, for the transportation and storage o'l liquids contained inbottles or similar vessels.

rlhe present invention relates particularly to sheet-metal pai'tition ordivision plates for forming bottle-cells 'for receiving and containingbottles whereby the latter are prevented from coming into direct Contactwith each other, and said division plates are admirably adapted for usein sheet-metal packing-cases, siieli,-'or example/,fas that class ortype shown, described and claimed in my application for Letters Patent.for packing-cases, tiled May 2T, 1907, Serial No. 375,772", ot' whichthis application is i divisional part.

The paramount object of the invention is to produce agenerally-iinproved sheet-metal bottle-cell structure, for use insheet-metal packing-cases, in which the several partition-plates areadapted to be readily assembled aiid positioned within the walls of theease, and when so positioned, will be etlectiially maintained in properrelative position io forni the bottle-cells.

YWith these ends in view, the invention consists in the novelconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

Referring te the drawings, forming a part oil this specification,Figure. l, is a perspective view of the improved partition-plates intheir assembled position for forming the bottle-cells. Fig. 2, aperspective view ot the intersecting portions of a niain and crosspartition-plate. Fig. 3, a perspective view ot' the interseited portiono'tf a main partition-plate. Fig. 4l, a perspective view of theintersecting portion ot a cross partition-plate. Fig. a perspective viewot a cross partitioiuplate showing a modified forni ot' theintersecting' portion of the saine. Fig. a perspective view of anotherinodification of the intersecting' portions o'tl a Fig. T, an-

inaiii and cross' iai't'ilioir'iliite.

niodiheaiion The walls l, otl the case may he, of any suitable e. dinventent iorin, and the pai'- tiioinplites, iereinai'ter described,'forming the bottle-cells, are mounted within and interposed betweensaid walls in any suitable and convenient manner.

The plurality ot bottle-cells are toi'nied in the case, in the presentinstance, by means otl a plurality ot' niain partition-plates 2,interseeted by a plurality oi auxiliary or crossI partition plates 3,said plates have their edges curled ovei' forming upper and lowerheadings l-, adapted to iinpinge against the bodies ot the bottles inthebottleeells. ri`he auxiliary or cross partitionplates B, intersect theinain partition-plates il, by taking tiirougli vertical slots providedwith tei'iiiiniil heading-openings (i, adapted to receive the headingsot' the intersecting cross partition-plates 3.

As a means of securingv the auxiliary or cross partition-plates 3, ineiign,gementy with the. inain partitiion-plates 2, o} )positely-disposednotched recesses T, are `toi-ined in the beiuline's el, of the crosspai'tition-plates P3, ot' sui'hcient width and depth to receive theheadings of the inain plates 2, so as to 'torni a seaty Yfor the upperheadings ot the inain plates` when the cross plates are nioved upwardly,oi' :i seat for the lower l adings when the said cross plates are nioveddownwardly. The cross plates, however, are, pret'- erably, inovedupwardly so that the iippci' headings otl the inain and cross plates aresubstantially in the saine horizontal plane` as shown inost clearly inFigs. l, and 2, ot' the drawings. Fiirtherinoi'e, if desired, narrowrecesses or slots 7 may be `orined in the lower headings l, of the crosspartitionplates 3, ot only siitlicient width to receive the thicknesso'l the inetal o'l the ina in plates 2, as shown inost clearly in Figi'.l, ot the drawings, in which case the auxiliary or cross plates '2, canonly be nioved upwardly or in one direction 'for 'fastening with theniain plates. .Vhen the inain and cross plates and 3, have been properlypositioned for intersecting' engagement with each other, as

well as properly positioned in the case body, the ends are prefeablyrsecured to the walls l, by means of tongues 8, passing through verticalslots and bending over the outer side of said walls, as indicated inFig. l, ot the drawings. It' desired, the notched recesses 7, or 7, maybe dispensed with in the lower headings il, of the cr( s plates 3, andthe latter locked in intersecting engagement with the main plate 2, bybending and depressing the upper beadings It, et' the main platesdownward into the .notched recesses 7, ot the upper headings 4t, of thecross plates .3, forming a depressed portion or recess 4th, filling theupper notchedY recesses 7, oi the cross plate, as shown in Figs. G, and7, oi the drawings.

From the 'megoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and advantages of my invention will bereadily understood.

Having thus described my invention, withont having attempted to setforth the forms in which it maybe made, or all the modes of its use,Ideclare that what I claim and desire 'to secure by Letters I)atent,is,-

1...In a packing-case, a main partitionplate intersected by an auxiliaryor cross partition-plate forming bottle-cells, said plates having theiredges curled over forming upper and lower headings, said main platebeing provided with a vertical slot receiving said cross plate andprovided with terminal beading-openings receiving` the headings of saidcross plate, and said cross plate being provided with a notched recessin one of its headings to receive the beading et the main plate.

2. In a packing-case, a mainpartitionplate provided with upper and lowerbeadings and a vertical slot having terminal beading-openings adjacentto said headings, and a cross partition-plate intersecting said mainplate by passing through said slot and provided with upper and lowerheadings passing tlnfough said beading-openings, said headings ot thecross-plate being provided i slots, said cross plates being providedwith upper and lower headings with notched recesses to receive theadjacent beadings of the intersected main plates.

4. In a packing-case, a plurality of main partition-plates providedwith'beaded edges and vertical slots having terminal beading openings,and a plurality of cross partition plates intersecting said main platesthrough said vertical slots, said cross plates being provided withbeaded edges and oppositelydisposed notched recesses `in said beadededges, said notched recesses being adapted to receive and form a seatfor the adjacent beaded edges ot' said main partition-plates.

5. In a packing-case, a plurality of main partition-plates intersectedby a plurality of cross partiti ori-plates forming bottle-cells, saidplates having beaded upper and lower edges, said main plates beingprovided with vertical slots receiving ysaid cross plates and terminalbeading-openings receiving the beaded edges of said cross plates, andsaid cross plates being provided with oppositelydisposed notchedrecesses in its beaded edges, said notched recesses on one side being ofsur'iicient width and depth to receive and form a seat for the adjacentbeaded edges of the main plates and said notched recesses on theopposite side being of only suiiicient width to receive Vthe thicknessot' the metal of the main plates.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED T. KRUSE.V Witnesses Comas M. lViLLocK, E. J. AMEN.

